Alcohol, Crime and Public Health

Dorothy Newbury-Birch, Jennifer Ferguson

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Routledge
09 June 2023

Illness & addiction: social aspects; Crime & criminology; Criminal justice law; Sentencing & punishment; Public health & preventive medicine

Series: Routledge Studies in Crime and Society

Alcohol, Crime and Public Health explores the issue of drinking in the criminal justice system, providing an overview of the topic from both a criminal justice and a public health perspective. The majority of prisoners in the UK (70%) have an alcohol use disorder, and evidence tells us that risky drinking is high amongst those in contact with all areas of the criminal justice system.

Uniquely, this book brings both a criminal justice and a public health perspective to the topic. The book opens by exploring the levels of crime attributed to alcohol, the policy context of alcohol and crime, and the prevalence of risky alcohol consumption in the criminal justice system. The following chapters examine risky drinking amongst men, women and young people in the criminal justice system. The final chapters look at the efficacy of psychosocial interventions for risky drinking in the criminal justice system, and look forward to how researchers and practitioners can work together to produce research in the criminal justice system.

Written in an accessible and concise style, Alcohol, Crime and Public Health will be of great use to students of criminology, criminal justice and public health as well as the wider area of public and social policy in relation to alcohol and crime.

By: Dorothy Newbury-Birch, Jennifer Ferguson
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 400g
ISBN: 9780367771058
ISBN 10: 0367771055
Series: Routledge Studies in Crime and Society
Pages: 116
Publication Date: 09 June 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dorothy Newbury-Birch is Professor of Alcohol and Public Health Research at Teesside University, UK. She leads a team of researchers and students in work around co-producing public health research in various settings including the criminal justice system. Professor Newbury-Birch is a world-leading expert in work around reducing alcohol-related harm in society, particularly for young people and those in various stages of the criminal justice system. Jennifer Ferguson is a lecturer in Criminology and a senior researcher in the School of Social Sciences, Humanities & Law at Teesside University, UK. Jennifer comes from a legal background, having completed her law degree and Legal Practice Course (LPC) in 2010. She has been working as a researcher since 2011 on various alcohol projects and has moved more towards research in the criminal justice system. Her research expertise includes alcohol-related harm in the criminal justice setting.